What makes a rhythm complex? The influence of musical training and accent type on beat perception.

ABSTRACT: Perception of a regular beat in music is inferred from different types of accents. For example, increases in loudness cause intensity accents, and the grouping of time intervals in a rhythm creates temporal accents. Accents are expected to occur on the beat: when accents are "missing" on the beat, the beat is more difficult to find. However, it is unclear whether accents occurring off the beat alter beat perception similarly to missing accents on the beat. Moreover, no one has examined whether intensity accents influence beat perception more or less strongly than temporal accents, nor how musical expertise affects sensitivity to each type of accent. In two experiments, we obtained ratings of difficulty in finding the beat in rhythms with either temporal or intensity accents, and which vari

SUBMITTER: Bouwer FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5761885 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature